Rear Engine Plate: Service and Repair

Rear Sealing Flange and Dual Mass Flywheel Assembly Overview





1 - Cylinder block

2 - Fitting pin

3 - Rear sealing flange
^ With seal
^ Only replaced as complete unit
^ Do not oil or grease the sealing lip of oil seal
^ Before installing, remove oil remains from crankshaft journal with a clean cloth
^ Guide sleeve may only be removed after the sealing flange has been slid onto the crankshaft pin.

4 - Bolt

5 - Intermediate plate
^ Must be located on dowel sleeves
^ Do not damage or bend when doing assembly work
^ Is hooked in at sealing flange

6 - Bolt
^ For dual-mass flywheel/drive plate
^ 60 Nm + 90° turn further
^ Replace

7 - Dual mass flywheel
^ Only possible to install in one position - Bores are offset

8 - Fitting pin





Sealing Flange Tightening Sequence
- Tighten the bolts - 1 through 8- in the sequence shown:
- 1. Tighten the bolts by hand.
- 2. Tighten the bolts to 9 Nm.





Installing Intermediate Plate
- Hook in intermediate plate at sealing flange and push it onto the alignment sleeves arrows -.